Off-runs snowboarding - is it worth it

Filed Under Winter Sports

This weekend for the first time I went snowboarding far away from the ski runs in Bansko. I like snowboarding in the powder snow off-runs, but since I am lazy and hate walking I usually just use the ones that are near ski lifts and require a maximum a 30 minutes walking.This weekend, it was different. Two of my buddies convinced me to go much further from the resort and lifts, with promises of great slopes and perfect powder. I would never have went with them if I knew what kind of trek we were facing, so they had to lie a bit about the length. We started off where the topmost lift of the resort stops - about an hour down of Todorka peak. I knew the trek since I have done it in the summer time, the weather was nice, I was not tired, so the first part was fun.

There were moments when we were walking on a very narrow edge, knowing that a wrong step will cause at least an unpleasant fall for meters: